2023 in Canadian music

The following musical events and releases that happened in 2023 in Canada.

Events

• March 13 – Juno Awards of 2023
• April 2 – 18th Canadian Folk Music Awards
• June 30 – The 36th annual Saskatchewan Jazz Festival kicked off in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.^[1]
• July 6 – Prism Prize
• September 16 – 2023 Canadian Country Music Awards
• September 19 – 2023 Polaris Music Prize
• November 5 – 45th Félix Awards

Albums released

A

• Alaskan Tapes, Who Tends a Garden - January 13^[2]
• Jeremie Albino, Tears You Hide^[3]
• All Hands Make Light, Darling the Dawn - April 21^[4]
• Matt Andersen, The Big Bottle of Joy - March 10^[5]
• Aphrose, Roses^[6]
• Aqyila, For the Better^[7]
• Arkells, Laundry Pile - September 21^[8]
• Avenoir, Noire
• Aysanabee, Here and Now^[9]

B

• Bahamas, Bootcut - September 15^[10]
• Tim Baker, Along the Mountain Road - October 20^[11]
• Gord Bamford, Fire It Up - April 28^[12]
• Del Barber, Almanac - April 28^[13]
• Jill Barber, Homemaker - February 10^[14]
• The Beaches, Blame My Ex - September 15^[15]
• Eric Bearclaw, Distant Places
• Begonia, Powder Blue - February 24^[16]
• Black Atlass, When The Darkness Fades - October 6
• Blackburn Brothers, SoulFunkn'Blues
• Haley Blais, Wisecrack
• La Bottine Souriante, Domino!
• Boy Golden, For Jimmy^[17]
• Dean Brody, Right Round Here - September 15^[18]
• Michael Jerome Browne, Gettin' Together
• Louise Burns, Element - April 21^[16]

C

• Daniel Caesar, Never Enough - April 7
• Aleksi Campagne, For the Giving / Sans rien donner
• Charlotte Cardin, 99 Nights - August 25^[19]
• Chiiild, Better Luck in the Next Life - March 3^[20]
• City and Colour, The Love Still Held Me Near - March 31^[21]
• Charlotte Cornfield, Could Have Done Anything - May 12^[22]
• Cowboy Junkies, Such Ferocious Beauty - June 2^[23]
• Crash Adams, California Girls

D

• Helena Deland, Goodnight Summerland - October 13
• Mac DeMarco, Five Easy Hot Dogs - January 20
• Mac DeMarco, One Wayne G - April 21
• Devours, Homecoming Queen
• DijahSB, Living Simple - February 10^[16][24]
• The Dirty Nil, Free Rein to Passions - May 26
• Fefe Dobson, Emotion Sickness - September 29
• Gord Downie and Bob Rock, Lustre Parfait - May 5^[25]
• Drake, For All the Dogs - October 6
• Drake, For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition - November 17
• Kevin Drew, Aging - November 3
• Dumas, Cosmologie - January 27^[26]
• Jeremy Dutcher, Motewolonuwok - October 6^[27]

E

• Jade Eagleson, Do It Anyway - September 29^[28]
• Elisapie, Inuktitut^[29]
• Elliott Brood, Town

F

• Stephen Fearing, Vejpoesi
• Feist, Multitudes - April 14^[30]
• Dominique Fils-Aimé, Our Roots Run Deep - September 22^[16]
• Luca Fogale, Run Where the Light Calls
• Jeanick Fournier, Vivante - May 19^[31]
• The Franklin Electric, Oh Brother - June 30
• Debby Friday, Good Luck - March 24^[32]
• Fucked Up, One Day - January 27^[33]

G

• Gayance, Mascarade
• Hannah Georgas, I'd Be Lying if I Said I Didn't Care - August 25^[34]
• Shane Ghostkeeper, Songs for My People^[35]
• The Glorious Sons, Glory - September 6
• Jenn Grant, Champagne Problems - June 21^[16]
• Great Lake Swimmers, Uncertain Country - April 28^[36]
• Emm Gryner, Business & Pleasure^[37]

H

• Half Moon Run, Salt - June 2^[38]
• Harrison, Birds, Bees, the Clouds and the Trees^[39]
• Hayden, Are We Good - April 5^[40]
• Tim Hecker, No Highs - April 28
• Matt Holubowski, Like Flowers on a Molten Lawn - March 24
• Home Front, Games of Power

I

• Chin Injeti, Vessels - November 2
• Brandon Isaak, One Step Closer
• Islands, And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs - August 25

J

• Jackson Hollow, Roses^[41]
• James Barker Band, Ahead of Our Time - October 20^[42]
• Carly Rae Jepsen, The Loveliest Time - July 28
• July Talk, Remember Never Before - January 20^[43]
• Juurini, Aqqutinni

K

• Karkwa, Dans la seconde - September 8^[44]
• Khotin, Release Spirit
• Kid Koala, Creatures Of The Late Afternoon - April 14
• Shawnee Kish, Revolution
• Brett Kissel, The Compass Project - East Album - April 28^[45]
• Brett Kissel, The Compass Project - North Album - December 1^[46]
• Brett Kissel, The Compass Project - South Album - January 27^[47]
• Brett Kissel, The Compass Project - West Album - November 3^[48]
• Patrick Krief, Skylines - September 8

L

• Land of Talk, Performances - October 13^[49]
• Thierry Larose, Sprint!
• Bells Larsen, If I Was, I Am^[50]
• Simon Leoza, L'Enfer d'un monde
• Murray A. Lightburn, Once Upon a Time in Montreal - March 31
• Gordon Lightfoot, At Royal Albert Hall - July 14^[51]
• Lightning Dust, Nostalgia Killer
• Love Language, Indian Cowboy
• The Lowest of the Low, Welcome to the Plunderdome - October 6^[52]

M

• Majid Jordan, Good People - November 3
• Amanda Marshall, Heavy Lifting - June 9^[53]
• Kyle McKearney, A Traveler's Lament
• Tate McRae, Think Later - December 8
• Metric, Formentera II - October 13^[54]
• Tyler Joe Miller, Spillin' My Truth - August 25^[55]

N

• N Nao, L'eau et les rêves
• Ron Nelson, 40 Years Too Late
• The New Pornographers, Continue as a Guest - March 31^[56]
• New West, Based on a True Story
• NOBRO, Set Your Pussy Free
• The Northern Pikes, Time to Time - June 2
• Justin Nozuka, Daydreams & Endless Nights - June 16

P

• Griffen Palmer, Unlearn - April 28^[57]
• Nico Paulo, Nico Paulo^[58]
• Planet Giza, Ready When You Are^[59]
• poolblood, mole^[60]
• Population II, Électrons libres du Québec
• Postdata, Run Wild - September 22^[61]
• William Prince, Stand in the Joy - April 14^[62]
• The Provincial Archive, Good Luck

R

• Raised by Swans, Volume 2: Run With The Silent Wildfires - March 30
• Jimmy Rankin, Harvest Highway
• Rêve, Saturn Return
• Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Paint Horse
• The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Rise and the Fall
• Allison Russell, The Returner - September 8^[63]
• Justin Rutledge, Something Easy - May 19^[64]

S

• Josh Sahunta, To Be Loved, Vol. 1
• Sam Roberts Band, The Adventures Of Ben Blank - October 20
• Jacques Kuba Séguin, Parfum no.1 - February 17^[65]
• Ron Sexsmith, The Vivian Line - February 17^[66]
• Joseph Shabason, Welcome To Hell - October 20
• Andy Shauf, Norm - February 10^[16]
• Gabrielle Shonk, Across the Room - February 24^[67]
• Vivek Shraya, Baby, You're Projecting - May 12^[68]
• Silverstein, Misery Made Me (Deluxe) - April 7^[69]
• Skiifall, Woiiyoie Vol. 2 — Intense City^[70]
• Dallas Smith, Dallas Smith - October 27^[71]
• Arielle Soucy, Il n'y a rien que je ne suis pas^[72]
• Souldia, Non conventionnel
• John Southworth, When You're This, This in Love - May 12^[73]
• Rae Spoon, Not Dead Yet^[74]
• Colin Stetson, When We Were That What Wept for the Sea - May 12^[75]
• Alexandra Stréliski, Néo-Romance - March 31^[76]
• Sukha, Undisputed

T

• Talk, Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees - October 20
• Theory of a Deadman, Dinosaur - March 17^[77]
• Timber Timbre, Lovage - October 6
• Andrina Turenne, Bold As Logs^[78]
• Shania Twain, Queen of Me - February 3^[79]

U

• U.S. Girls, Bless This Mess - February 24^[80]
• Universal Honey, Dandelion
• Terry Uyarak, Unnuaq^[81]

V

• Vivat Virtute (Christine Fellows and John K. Samson), Hold Music

W

• Rufus Wainwright, Folkocracy - June 2
• Alli Walker, Growing Up - March 10^[82]
• Colter Wall, Little Songs - July 14^[83]
• Wax Mannequin, The Red Brain - April 14^[84]
• Whitehorse, I'm Not Crying, You're Crying - January 13^[85]
• Roy Woods, Mixed Emotions - July 28

Y

• Jonah Yano, Portrait of a Dog
• Yukon Blonde, Shuggie - October 12

Z

• Zoon, Bekka Ma'iingan

Deaths

• January 12 - Robbie Bachman, drummer (Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
• January 17 - Leon Dubinsky, songwriter ("Rise Again")
• January 27 - Floyd Sneed, rock drummer (Three Dog Night)
• February 7 - Mendelson Joe, guitarist and painter
• February 13 - Guido Basso, jazz musician
• February 23 - Andrée Desautels, composer and music educator
• March 27 - Jocelyn Morlock, composer
• April 22 - Ron Cahute, accordionist
• April 28 - Tim Bachman, guitarist (Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
• May 1 - Gordon Lightfoot, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• May 26 - Andrew Lindsay, singer-songwriter (The Saddletramps)^[86]
• July 5 - Martin Stevens, pop and disco singer
• August 9 - Robbie Robertson, rock singer and songwriter (The Band)
• September 5 - Richard Laviolette, singer-songwriter^[87]
• November 11 - Peter J. Moore, record producer
• November 15 - Karl Tremblay, folk-rock singer (Les Cowboys Fringants)^[88]
• December 3 - Myles Goodwyn, rock singer (April Wine)